...occupation or cession by treaty: "Such was the effect of the act of Congress of April 12, 1900, chapter 191, entitled 'An act temporarily to provide revenues and...government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes.' ' ' The system of duties temporarily established by that act during the transition period was within...

...ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF PORTO RICO. Under the provisions of section 21 of the act approved April 12, 1900, "An act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil...government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," 1 have transmitted to Congress the report of the attorney-general of Porto Rico, and have also included...

...Puerto Rico the net proceeds of the collections made by him under the provisions of the act of Congress approved April 12, 1900, entitled "An act temporarily to provide revenues and a Civil Government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes," under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe....

...which you ask for an opinion "as to whether, in view of the provisions of sections 4 and 14 of the act 'to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes,' approved April 12, 1900, the head tax upon alien passengers brought to ports of Porto Rico should not...

...which you ask for an opinion "as to whether, in view of the provisions of sections 4 and 14 of the act 'to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes,' approved April 12, 1900, the head tax upon alien passengers brought to ports of Porto Rico should not...

...of the resident commissioner С«?<мир0м from Porto Rico to the United States, authorized by the Act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred, five thousand dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT. War Department. OFFICE...

...Court of the United States for the District of Porto Rico as constituted by the act of Congress of April 12, 1900, entitled "An act temporarily to provide...government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes." 31 Stat. 77, c. 191. The indictment was based upon certain sections of the Revised Statutes of the...

...Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act temporarily to provide revenues and...government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of section thirty-one...

...hundred and ninety -eight, with Spain were exchanged, and May first, nineteen hundred, when the Act entitled "An Act temporarily to provide revenues and...government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred, went into effect, and also on merchandise brought into the...

...ratifications were exchanged and the treaty proclaimed April 11, 1899, 30 Stat. 1754. Then followed the act entitled "An act temporarily to provide revenues and...government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved April 12, 1900. 31 Stat. 77, c. 191. The treaty provided: 192 US Opinion of the Court. "Article...